US Patent Issued to CORNING on May 20 for "Light guide-based deadfront for display, related methods and vehicle interior systems" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,313, issued on May 20, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Light guide-based deadfront for display, related methods and vehicle interior systems" was invented by Antoine Daniel Lesuffleur (Avon, France), Xiang-Dong Mi (Pittsford, N.Y.), Xu Ouyang (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Yawei Sun (Elmira, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a deadfront article for a display are disclosed herein. The deadfront article includes a cover structure having: an inner surface; an outer surface opposite the inner surface; a glass layer located between the inner surface and the outer surface; and a first layer of light transmitting i...